Sometimes, the best thing a leader or anyone else can do is to give up hope in what they are currently trying. As we read in Ecclesiastes, there is a time to give up. Wise people know when to quit. Winners don’t throw good money after bad. Or as the song says, they “know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em.” Welch’s phrase to “fix, close, or sell” clearly implies that there will be diagnostic criteria that will force a pruning moment. Some people have a mantra of “fix, fix, or fix,” but they never do because that branch or bud or person is just not going to be fixed, period. It’s time to
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